printing
Americannoun
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the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
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the act of a person or thing that prints.
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words, symbols, etc., in printed form.
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printed material.
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the total number of copies of a book or other publication printed at one time.
The book had a first printing of 10,000.
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writing in which the letters resemble printed ones.
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the process, business, or art of producing printed matter
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( as modifier )
printing ink
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printed text
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Also called: impression. all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time
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a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters
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Origin of printing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at print, -ing 1
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This week, Bojan Pancevski reports on Putin’s $26 billion longevity initiative, which encompasses methods as wide-ranging as organ printing, harvesting mini-pigs and exposure to ultralow temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
According to Margolis, the smaller trim size was previously the industry standard for U.S.-based publishing houses, and any fluctuation is due to the evolution of printing technology.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Last week, the stock showed notable relative strength, rallying 8% and printing a bullish weekly engulfing candle as the ITB gained 5%.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
A fraudster who tried to sell bogus ancient statues to Sotheby's was foiled when his fake accompanying paperwork was found to be written with printing methods that were 25 years too modern, a court heard.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Bruno Latour, in an important essay entitled ‘Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together’, which originally appeared in 1986, claimed that the printing press made facts ‘harder’; before printing, facts were too soft to be reliable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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